Stella Cilento in Salerno, Campania is impossible. Ive contacted them through every way, shape and form on 3 different people several times over a year and niente! I was told months ago to contact I guess who would be the mayor and the head county clerk. I emailed them both months ago, still nothing. What should I do? I dont need the info for the consulate but just to obtain another generation of family for my genealogy records. the town isnt on micro film either

If I recall I believe there is a law requiring italian communes to respond to written request. Not unlike our own laws here pertaining to government workers. I believe I read this in a post about a consulate and them responding. I think it applies to all government workers for italy. So what I am saying is send it by snail mail

sceaminmonkey wrote:If I recall I believe there is a law requiring italian communes to respond to written request. Not unlike our own laws here pertaining to government workers. I believe I read this in a post about a consulate and them responding. I think it applies to all government workers for italy. So what I am saying is send it by snail mail

Again, I already tried through the mail. Ive tried through higher officials knowing that they are required to answer and still they dont

As you may have read, I have had the same problem with my paternal grandparents' comune, Roccasecca FR (try searching posts with "roccasecca"). Contrast this with my maternal grandparents' comune, Malvito CS, which has been extremely heplful and always responds to my requests in 3 weeks or less.

I have no advice, other than to consider hiring someone local to do the dirty work for you. Think ricbru, liviomoreno, suanj, ...

Carmine

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The two documents I absolutely needed, my grandfather's birth and marriage certificates, were obtained for me by a wondeful American woman living in Italy and pursuing her own jus sanguinis case. I met her on another board and reached out to her hoping that she might make a telephone call on my behalf. Instead, she drove to Roccasecca and waited while the stato civile official did his job.

Other than that, I have tried Express Mail, regular Air Mail, and e-mail to both the stato civile office and directly to the mayor, all without ever receiving a single response of any kind.

Carmine

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I had no trouble whatsoever receiving letters from the official at Comune di Platania, Catanzaro Calabria. But then I was writing to him in September and October and told him I hope he's enjoying the new olives and the new wine.